The 60-minute audio is based on the classic much-loved novels by PG Wodehouse (incidentally, adapted for television in the BBC series, Blandings) and stars Lucy Griffiths (Robin Hood; True Blood) and Julia McKenzie (The Town; Cranford), who returns as Miss Marple in three ITV dramas this year, A Caribbean Mystery; Greenshaw’s Folly; and Endless Night.

EXCLUSIVE: In his directorial debut, Akiva Goldsman continues to add to an already strong cast for Winter’s Tale. Magic Mike and White Collar star Matt Bomer, True Blood‘s Lucy Griffiths and Eva Marie Saint round out a film that stars Colin Farrell, Downton Abbey‘s Jessica Brown Findlay, William Hurt, Will Smith and Russell Crowe. The film, based on the Mark Helprin novel, is about a dying young woman (Findlay) who falls in love with a thief who breaks into her palatial home on the West Side of Manhattan, in a drama that takes place in 19th century and contemporary Manhattan. Farrell plays the thief and Bomer will play his father while Griffiths plays his mother.

Goldsman isn’t divulging the role Saint will play, as it is a pivotal plot point. The Oscar-winning star of such films as North By Northwest, she last appeared in a major movie when she played Martha Kent in 2006′s Superman Returns. Marc Platt and Michael Tadross are producing. Warner Bros begins production in Manhattan on October 27, and Goldsman has also tapped Caleb Deschanel to do cinematography and Hans Zimmer to do the score. Sounds promising.

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A journey to Africa to explore its land, its people, and a deeper look into the poaching and slaughter of Africa’s majestic animals.

I’m Kristin Bauer van Straten, aka Pam from “True Blood”, my husband and I are off to Africa to film a documentary about the people, the land, and the horrific Elephant Ivory and Rhino horn poaching that is at an all time high since it was banned in 1989.

I will be taking a camera crew to Kenya to ask Africans, the on the ground experts and heroes; what is happening, what the possible solutions are and, how can we help you? They are living this crisis and working very hard to stop it, they know what can be done – they just need a larger voice.

Together is the only way elephants and rhino may make it and also the only way I will be able to make this documentary. In the last six months two species of rhino have gone extinct and more are on the brink. I don’t think we can afford to wait to do something.

Together all things are possible.

Much Love, Kristin and Abri